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Powerhouse performer Shakina returns to San Diego with the world premiere of her bold theatrical work.
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KPBS Midday EditionWe dive into an upcoming jazz concert and San Diego Design Week in your weekend arts preview. And, performer Shakina puts on her one-woman show at Diversionary Theatre. Plus, the tourists might be gone, but that doesn't mean summer is over in San Diego. -
Mabel’s Gone Fishing isn’t just a seafood spot in North Park — it’s a scratch kitchen and gathering place that earned a Michelin honor within its first year. Co-owner Chelsea Coleman shares the restaurant’s story, from family roots in baseball to building a dining space that feels distinctly San Diegan.
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Miley Cyrus says she's never quite figured herself out — and that's influenced how she makes music. -
The Federal Trade Commission filed a lawsuit against Ticketmaster and its parent company, Live Nation, on Thursday, alleging that the company willingly misleads consumers about ticket prices and cooperates with scalpers to markup resale prices.
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This weekend, a new Jordan Peele-produced film takes on the horrors of becoming the greatest of all time, while a GPS-powered romance takes a winding journey to questionable destinations. -
In HIM, Withers plays a rising quarterback. His on-screen mentor, Marlon Wayans, had some real-life advice — and a reading list — for the young actor.
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This weekend in the arts: Ewa Słapa at Best Practice; curtains rise at The Joan; City Ballet's Sinatra-themed dance; plus indie rock and more live music. -
This weekend in the arts: A bargain last chance to see "Fashioning an Icon" at the Mingei; an exhibit mapping the history of women's fashion; an interactive game of CLUE; "Spring Awakening"; live music picks and more.
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San Diego's East Village art house cinema screens a restored grindhouse thriller and a pair of Akira Kurosawa classics this month. -
One of the most respected Indigenous actors of his generation, Greene appeared in more than 200 television shows and movies. He played a Lakota medicine man in the 1990 blockbuster Dances With Wolves. -
This week's publishing highlights are a bumper crop of biography, science and fiction — including new reads the from authors of The Sweetness of Water, The God of Small Things, and Deadliest Enemy. -
The biggest song of 2025 is a straightforward ode to marriage, but the charts and algorithms are filled with love songs expressing something messier.
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San Diego Master Gardener Association Plant and Garden Art Sale
Saturday, September 20, 2025 from 9 AM to 3 PM
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Balboa Park, Room 101 and Patio A & B
Free
Learn to Warp + Weave on a Rigid Heddle Loom
Saturday, September 20, 2025 from 10 AM to 5 PM
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San Diego Craft Collective
$215
FilAm CreatorCon
Saturday, September 20, 2025 from 10 AM to 5 PM
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Chula Vista Public Library Civic Center
Free
San Diego Walk For Lives
Saturday, September 20, 2025 from 11 AM to 3 PM
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Montgomery-Waller Community Park
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